When I was a girl…

I was just watching a fairy tale and realized that when I stopped dreaming and just did my best things started to fall into place in ways I wouldn't have expected or dreamed.

I used to dream Wanting to be Snow White or Cinderella To grow up and be just like my big sister To graduate and get a dream job And of course I would fall in love and meet the perfect guy.

I used to play Pretending to be everything I wasn't Hoping to become anything I pretended to be To be the smartest and prettiest To be better than the rest

I used to hope Willing what I needed to happen to become reality But my dreams have yet to come true I never became what I pretended But I discovered that no matter what I dream or pretend to be It never became reality

I can still hope and dream but I don't need to pretend, I can achieve any possibility. I can be anything or anyone I want to be as long as I continue to be me.

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I don't know about any of you other girls but I can relate perfectly with the wanting to be a princess part growing up that was one of my dreams... This is a really good poem I love it. Keep up the amazing writing!